Today, we took little Miss M to the vet to get her weighed for her heart worm prevention. She is officially 52 pounds now! I don't know why, but she just seems so small. I guess the others are just so big that they make her look small. At the vet's, she said hi to everyone and even got to visit with an older puppy about her same size. She was really hoping to get to visit with the cat that was in the office, but the cat didn't feel the same way. After we dropped by the vet, we went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house. The puppies went right to work shredding water bottles and chewing on toys.

They found plenty of old toys to shred. On a different note, I think they make little boys' toys stronger than some dog toys. When we buy them dog toys, they shred them and pull the stuffing out in no time flat. The little boy toys take a little while to fully shred.

Miss S and Miss M working together on a particularly tough toy.

Two of the puppies' two-legged cousins came over unexpectedly when they were out in the yard taking care of business. Mr. M knocked over the 3 year old cousin while trying to give him kisses. The boy started crying, so Mr. M stood over him kissing him some more to get him to stop crying, which of course didn't go over too well. He didn't scratch him or nip him, but his cousin was less than amused. I mean, to a 3 year old, Mr. M is huge. Plus, he probably weighs 3 times more than the 3 year old. Afterward, as the boys were leaving, one of their aunts was going in. He told her not to go in because there was a really big dog and it was dangerous. He was very concerned for her safety. On a better note, the puppies didn't jump on their aunt when she came in. That's an improvement. They were super excited to be able to run around the yard, smelling the rabbit's cage. They were even more excited when Mom got out the water hose, initially with hopes of cleaning the poop scooper. We quickly realized that cleaning anything with the water hose would be an exercise in futility as long as the puppies were outside. So we played with the hose instead. It made getting their attention off of the rabbit a lot easier. It also really cooled them off. You just can't beat playing in the water in the summer heat.